Budget-Friendly Backyard Additions
Redoing the backyard doesn’t have to blow your budget. Low-stress landscape ideas like smaller gardens, decorative posts and rocks, and artificial turf are all easy and affordable additions. Get inspired by arbors, pergolas, and pathways!
Don’t forget to browse Pioneer’s vast collection of landscape materials for your next backyard project.
BUILD A WALL
Accent your backyard sitting area with a freestanding wall. This can be designed in any style that suits your garden or your tastes, including Mediterranean, Renaissance, Art Deco, Modern, and 21st Century.
FIND YOUR ZEN
If you’re into the mindfulness and meditation thing, you can install a small meditation room with lounges or cushions under a canopy amidst the peaceful setting of your backyard lawn or garden.
THROW SOME SHADE
Set up a pergola around vigorous container plants to create a cool, shady spot to hang out on a sweltering summer day.
SMELL THE ROSES
Build wire archways for climbing roses to define a garden sanctuary, separating it from the rest of the yard.
OASIS
For a rooftop patio, build a welcoming nest of soft, green artificial turf to liven up your space.
FENCES
For a high-end backyard look without high-end expense, try this interesting technique: Espalier a tree. It’s easier to create this living fence than it looks, and the style can add visual interest and texture to a blank wall.
LIGHT UP
Outdoor lights are a celebratory and perennial favorite for outdoor spaces. They give off just enough sparkle to keep the light from being distracting. Buy them in pretty colors and shapes; use them to wrap a tree or drape them down a table for a twinkling centerpiece.
STEPPING STONES
If you don’t want to spend a lot of money decorating your garden, rocks and stones may be for you. They are natural, so you can get them for near-free, and they require little to no maintenance. Casting your own stepping stones is a DIY project that works especially well in cottage or country-inspired gardens.
PUT IT ON DISPLAY
Collections are often thought of as high-end or expensive, but a simple gathering of plants in miniature containers can be a great focal point for a backyard. Choose different colored containers to add a fun pop of color to the outdoor area.
VINTAGE HARDSCAPE
Many hardscaping elements like simple trellises or arbors can be found used at flea markets. They are great for adding height, defining traffic flow, or indicating movement from front to back.
BACKYARD HOME THEATER
And for the finale… If you’ve got a little more time and a tiny bit more cash, and want to invest yourself in a bigger project, try building this backyard home theatre for screening your favorite summertime classics.
PARTS:
$20 Each:
● 4 sheets of 3 R-6 1 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. RMAX (Polyiso Rigid Foam Insulation Board)
$150:
● 6 yards of pearlized spandex from Rose Brand Tendo
About $25 total:
● 8 bolts
● 8 wing nuts
● 16 washers
● Silver flex duct tape
● Painter's masking tape
● 12 steel spring clamps ($1 each)
● 3 large nails (9" or longer)
1. Take a piece of blue masking tape and stick silver duct tape to it.
(This makes the silver duct tape easy to peel off the backing and not rip away any of the foil on the sheets.)
2. Take that and cut it into square pieces to cover the bolts.
3. Use the 9” nails to fasten each piece of your spandex at the top, making sure to keep things flat.
4. The last step is to stretch the cloth across the boards, using the wood clamps to keep the cloth taut.
Now you can project your movie onto your new outdoor screen!
LANDSCAPE MATERIALS
Did you know Pioneer has an interactive webpage dedicated to Outdoor Inspiration? It is organized by style of home, type of space and kind of design, and features elements from Pioneer’s design catalog. Visit one of our locations or Contact Us to place your order!